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Recap / Muppets Tonight S 1 E 7

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Sandra Bullock guest stars, and KMUP gets a dire threat; if the ratings drop below 50, a bomb will destroy the station!

Songs and sketches

  • Cold Open: Andy and Randy give up a prize of millions of dollars ... and that was for Clifford.
  • While You Were Slapping
  • The Psychiatrist's Office slot (with "Phenomena")
  • The Tubmans of Porksmith
  • Anvil Chorus
  • Wall Street Wonderings with Ernest Pleth
  • Seinfeld Babies
  • Sid Knishes and his Mosh Pit-tatoes
  • Frankie Yakovic and his Polka Dots
  • "Mack the Knife" sung by Johnny Fiama
  • Bill the Bubble Guy does "Flight of the Bumblebee"
  • Pepe & Seymour's Comedy Act: El-if-i-know
  • Sandra's One-Woman Band ("Alexander's Ragtime Band" / "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt")

This episode has examples of

  • Ms. Fanservice: To save the building from exploding, Clifford sends out Spamela to boost the ratings by taking advantage of her sex appeal.
  • Who Writes This Crap?!: When Clifford introduces a sketch taking place at the office of a psychiatrist as the Psychiatrists Office, he groans, "Man, who wrote this?"
  • Whole-Plot Reference: To Speed, which is suitably lampshaded.

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